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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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