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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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