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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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