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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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