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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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