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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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