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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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