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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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