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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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