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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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