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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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