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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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