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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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