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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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