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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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