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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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