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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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