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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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