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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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