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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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