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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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