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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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