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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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