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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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