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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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