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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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