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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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