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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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