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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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