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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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