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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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