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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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