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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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