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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. 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 MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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