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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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