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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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