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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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