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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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