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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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