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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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