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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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