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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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