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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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