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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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