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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world 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 massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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