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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources