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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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