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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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