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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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