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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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