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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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