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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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