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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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