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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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