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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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