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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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