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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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