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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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