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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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