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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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