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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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