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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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