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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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