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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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