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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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