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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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