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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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