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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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