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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in 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 massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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