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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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