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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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