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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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