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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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