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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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