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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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