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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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