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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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