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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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