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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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