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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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