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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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