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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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