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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major 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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