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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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