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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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