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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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