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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate 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 open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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