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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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