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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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