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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What 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 we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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