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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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