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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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