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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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