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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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