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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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