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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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