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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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