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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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