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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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