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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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