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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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