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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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