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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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