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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses 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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