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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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