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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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