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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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