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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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