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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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