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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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