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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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