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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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