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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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