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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the major 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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