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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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