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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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