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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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