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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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