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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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