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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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