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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors 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 evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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