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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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