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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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