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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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