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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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