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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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