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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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