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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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