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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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