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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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