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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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