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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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