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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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