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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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