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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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