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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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