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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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