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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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