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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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