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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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