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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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