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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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