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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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