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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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