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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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