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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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