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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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