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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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