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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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