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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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