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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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