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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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