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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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