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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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