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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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