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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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