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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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