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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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