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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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