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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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