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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the 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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