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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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