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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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