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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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