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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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