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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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