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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part 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 massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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