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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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