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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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