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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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