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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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