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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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