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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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 ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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