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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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