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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses 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. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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