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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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