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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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