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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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