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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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