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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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