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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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