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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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