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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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