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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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