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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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