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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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