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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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