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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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