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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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