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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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