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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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