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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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