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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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