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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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