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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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