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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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