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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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