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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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