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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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