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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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