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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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