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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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