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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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