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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the interesting 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 intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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