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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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