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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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