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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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