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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the 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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