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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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