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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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