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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants 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 courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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