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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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