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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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