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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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