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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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