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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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