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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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