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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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