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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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