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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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