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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 (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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