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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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