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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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