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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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