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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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