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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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