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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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