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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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