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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take 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. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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