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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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