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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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