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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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