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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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