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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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