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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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