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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes 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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