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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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