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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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