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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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