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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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