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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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