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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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