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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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