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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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