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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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