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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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