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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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