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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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