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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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