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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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