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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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