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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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