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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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