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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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