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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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