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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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