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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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