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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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