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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand 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 topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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