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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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