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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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