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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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