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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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