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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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