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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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