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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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