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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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