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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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