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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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