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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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