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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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