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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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