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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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