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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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