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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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