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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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