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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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