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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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