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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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