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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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