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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key 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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