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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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