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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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