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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key 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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