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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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