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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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