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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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