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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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