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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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