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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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