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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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