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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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