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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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