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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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