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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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