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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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