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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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