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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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