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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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