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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered 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. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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