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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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