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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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