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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts 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 issues. This dramatic new book also talks about 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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