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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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