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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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