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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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