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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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