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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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