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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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