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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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