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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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