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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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