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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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