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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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