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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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