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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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