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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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