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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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