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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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