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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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