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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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