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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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