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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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