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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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