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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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