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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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