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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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