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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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