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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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