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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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