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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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