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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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