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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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