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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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