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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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