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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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