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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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