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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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