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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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