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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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