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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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