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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates 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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