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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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