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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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