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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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