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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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