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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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