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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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