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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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