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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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