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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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