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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take 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 online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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