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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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