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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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