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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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