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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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