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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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