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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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