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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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