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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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