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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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