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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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