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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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