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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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