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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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