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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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