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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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