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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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