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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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