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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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