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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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