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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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 courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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