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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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