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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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