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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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