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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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