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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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