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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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