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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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