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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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