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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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