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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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