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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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