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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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