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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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