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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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