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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models 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 in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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