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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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