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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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