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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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