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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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