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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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