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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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