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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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