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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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