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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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