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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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