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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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