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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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