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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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