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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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