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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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