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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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