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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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