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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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