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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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