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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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