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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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