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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the 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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