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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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