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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take classes 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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