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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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