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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education enable people all over 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. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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