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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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