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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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