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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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