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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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