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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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