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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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