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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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