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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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