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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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