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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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