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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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