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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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