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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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