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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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