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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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