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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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