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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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