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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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