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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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