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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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