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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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