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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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