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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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