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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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