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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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