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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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