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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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