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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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