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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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