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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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