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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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