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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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