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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take 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 massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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