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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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