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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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