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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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