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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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