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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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