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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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