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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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