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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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