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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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