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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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