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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education