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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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