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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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