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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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