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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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