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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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