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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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