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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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