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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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