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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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