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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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