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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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