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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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