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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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