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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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