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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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