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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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