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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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