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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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