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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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