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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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