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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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