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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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