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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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