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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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