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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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