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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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