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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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