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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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