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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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