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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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