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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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