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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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