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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. 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. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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