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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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