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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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