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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. 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. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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