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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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