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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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