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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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