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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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