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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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