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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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