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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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