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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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