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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key 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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