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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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