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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews 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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