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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes 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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