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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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