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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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