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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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