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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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