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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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