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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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