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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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